Improved reliability in inspections, costs reductions and environment cares are today the major factors driving the selection of Radiographic techniques. Due to the progression of silicon technologies and the level of current electronics, signals processing and transfer are becoming efficient and affordably priced to be used in NDT Industries.
Flat panels are a combination of electronic and Silicon technologies which gives a direct conversion media for displaying Radiographic Images instead of using films. Flat panels are basically a two dimension array of detectors which sensitivity is 10 to 100 times greater than conventional films. This helps in reducing exposure time but also gives an extended range of thicknesses with the same use of energy.